In this month's edition of The Shift, we explored the idea that delegation often fails not because of the person doing the work, but because the work wasn't set up to succeed.

That's an important ins...

Most lawyers have stories about delegation going wrong. Think about all the times work came back to you incomplete or not quite right, and you had to redo it. Or the times when you spent so many valua...

How do you decompress after a hard week? For most of us, it’s some version of the same thing: sleep in, watch a little TV. Maybe scroll through your phone, genuinely trying to turn off your brain. But...

Thinking about flat fees? Legal project management is the key to making them profitable.

As more legal work gets faster, thanks to AI and automation, flat fees are becoming an increasingly attractive...

When was the last time you set a goal and actually stuck to it? If you’re like most people, goals often start with a burst of enthusiasm but fizzle out before the finish line. What if we told you that...

It’s that time of year again. With 2024 winding up, we’re heading into the season of holidays and annual planning. Setting your goals — and the steps you’re going to take to achieve them — can feel a ...

How much time do you spend every week drafting? We’ve seen estimates that 40% - 60% of a lawyer's time is spent drafting and reviewing legal documents.  On the low end, that’s about 16 hours a week; o...

At the risk of revealing just how old we actually are, when we first started practicing law, the conflict-checking process centered around the Pink Sheets.

This list of new law firm clients, printed ...

We often say if you don’t have a process for anything you do more than once in your practice, you’re wasting time and leaving money on the table.

Efficiency and consistency are critical if you want t...

Imagine a world where you don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time a new client walks through the door. 

Where your team knows exactly what to do and how to do it, without constant oversight. 

Th...

In every legal practice, there are important processes that happen before the legal work begins and others that happen once the legal work is done. These are your “bookends.”

If your “bookends” are n...

Let’s talk about one of the biggest wastes in your law firm: the wrong people doing the wrong work. It’s a trap that too many law firms fall into, and it’s costing you time, money, and sanity.

Pictur...